diff --git a/functions/network.xml b/functions/network.xml
index d1079f4953..ef30430db5 100644
--- a/functions/network.xml
+++ b/functions/network.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
      <example>
       <title><function>Fsockopen</function> Example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
-$fp = fsockopen ("www.php.net", 80, &amp;$errno, &amp;$errstr, 30);
+$fp = fsockopen ("www.php.net", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
 if (!$fp) {
     echo "$errstr ($errno)&lt;br&gt;\n";
 } else {
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ if (!$fp) {
      <title>Using UDP connection</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
 &lt;?php
-$fp = fsockopen("udp://127.0.0.1", 13, &amp;$errno, &amp;$errstr);
+$fp = fsockopen("udp://127.0.0.1", 13, $errno, $errstr);
 if (!$fp) {
     echo "ERROR: $errno - $errstr&lt;br&gt;\n";
 } else {